Common mistakes can kill your small business, but most of them can be easily corrected or avoided. Today’s bad example: mis-using your service providers. Dear Client: Saying, “I don’t like this,” is not feedback. Tell me WHY you don’t like it. I am a writer, not a mind reader. Love, Kristen –@KristenKing, via Twitter If […]
Archives for October 2008
Take the Two Week Perspective
The Two Week Perspective is a different way to view your schedule. I use Google Calendar. I like the weekly view, but when you’re on Thursday or Friday, mostly you see the past. So I changed to a Two Week view, and made that the default. Now I see more of what’s coming up. I’ve […]
Hard times lessons from my Dust Bowl grandmother
Watching a documentary on the Dust Bowl tonight reminded me that it was also an economic boom that went bust. Can we learn anything? How does the current situation compare? One of the pioneer women of the Oklahoma Panhandle dust bowl.By Arthur Rothstein, April 1938. First, a bit of history. Wheat prices ran up in […]
The financial crisis in small towns
Most small towns missed out on the recent run up in the USA national economy. And when we were struck with repeated crop failures and a horrendous local economy, the rest of the nation certainly didn’t notice. So, how is the national financial crisis affecting small towns? Well, it’s a mixed bag. And it’s still […]